FVXX21 KWBC 231935
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY
ISSUED: 2003FEB23/1935Z VAAC: WASHINGTON
 
VOLCANO: POPOCATEPETL 1401-09
LOCATION: N1901W09837    AREA: MEXICO
 
SUMMIT ELEVATION: 17930 FT (5465 M)

ADVISORY NUMBER: 2003/053

INFORMATION SOURCE: GOES-8 IMAGERY. GFS MODEL WINDS FORECAST.
MEXICO CITY MWO SIGMET. POPO CAMERA.
                            
ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 23/1901Z.

OBS ASH DATE/TIME: 23/1915Z.

OBS ASH CLOUD: SFC/FL250 6 NM WIDE LINE OF ASH EXTENDING BETWEEN
N1901W09837 N1902W09822 N1845W09818. ASH IS MOVING E 50 KNOTS. 

FCST ASH CLOUD +6H: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD.

REMARKS: AN ASH PLUME EXTENDED 20 NM TO THE EAST OF THE SUMMIT AT
1915Z. ONLY STEAM AND GASES WERE BEING EMITTED FROM THE VOLCANO
AT 1935Z.  THE ASH CLOUD PREVIOUSLY TRACKED OVER THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN WAS NO LONGER DISCERNIBLE IN SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 1845Z. 
TURK
      
TO OBTAIN VAA FROM THE WASHINGTON VAAC EMAIL NOTIFICATION SEE THE
WEB PAGE http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/subscribe.html(ALL LETTERS
IN ADDRESS ARE IN LOWER CASE EXCEPT VAAC).  THE WASHINGTON VAAC
WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE EMAIL NOTIFICATION UP AND
RUNNING.  HOWEVER IT IS NOT CONSIDERED AN OFFICIAL METHOD OF
DISTRIBUTION.

NEXT ADVISORY: WILL BE ISSUED BY 2003FEB24/0130Z.

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